Berlinale 2020
List of movies screening at the 70th Berlin Film Festival
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- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsAlia ShawkatJohn MagaroDylan SmithA skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
- DirectorNatalia MetaStarsErica RivasNahuel Pérez BiscayartDaniel HendlerThe story of Inés, a young woman who after a traumatic episode during a trip with her partner begins to confuse herself between the real and the imaginary.
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsLogann AntuofermoOulaya AmamraAndré WilmsA provincial youngster who travels up to Paris to sit an entrance exam for a "grande école". His path crosses that of a young woman and they strike up a short-lived relationship.
- DirectorGiorgio DirittiStarsElio GermanoOliver EwyLeonardo CarrozzoAntonio is expelled from Switzerland to Italy against his will. For years he lives in poverty in the Po floodplains, but he never gives up his passion for drawing. The story of Antonio Ligabue, a revolutionary loner in modern art.
- DirectorCourtney StephensPacho VelezThe American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our country's past resonate into the present.
- DirectorAndrew LevitasStarsAkiko IwaseKogarashi WakasugiJohnny DeppWar photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisStella StevensDel MooreA timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.
- DirectorUlrike OttingerStarsJenny AgutterFanny ArdantSimone de BeauvoirUlrike Ottinger, then a young painter, lived in Paris in the 1960s. Now a film-maker, she looks back on that time, weaving memories of the Parisian life and the upheavals of the time into a cinematic poem with the city at its center.
- DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartLars EidingerJonas NayA young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.
- DirectorCamilo RestrepoStarsFernando Úsaga HiguítaLuis Felipe LozanoA man comes to terms with his past after satiating his greatest desire: assassinating the leader of the sect of which he was a part for many years.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsAgathe BoschUgo BroussotFrédéric Schulz-RichardA landowner, a politician, a countess, a General and his wife gather in a spacious manor house and discuss death, war, progress and morality. As time passes by, the discussion becomes more serious and heated.
- DirectorMelanie WaeldeStarsKatrin BeckmannMichelangelo FortuzziUlrike HübschmannFive young people in provincial Germany. They run into each other and away from each other. They kiss and they fight. It's their last winter together before they leave school, after that it's stay or go. A feature film debut of enormous intensity.
- DirectorMariusz WilczynskiStarsKrystyna JandaAndrzej ChyraMaja OstaszewskaFleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
- DirectorHannah Reinikainen BergenmanLia HietalaStarsAmber MastracciAmber belongs to a queer generation which no longer wants society to dictate their identity. The teenagers proudly inhabit a spectrum of fluid identities and master their first loves and losses.
- DirectorMatias MarianiStarsO.C. UkejeIndira NascimentoChukwudi IwujiA Nigerian musician travels to Brazil to find his long lost brother.
- DirectorTeboho EdkinsThe contradictions of the country of Lesotho today.
- DirectorJeanette NordahlStarsSandra Guldberg KamppSidse Babett KnudsenJoachim FjelstrupIda moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
- DirectorClarisa NavasStarsSofia CabreraAna Carolina GarciaMauricio VilaIris has been expelled from school and spends her days with her cousins. When she meets Renata, she's fascinated, and they soon start flirting in spite of the growing rumours about Renata's past.
- DirectorEric SteelStarsSamuel H. LevineRon RifkinChristopher McCannA young Jewish man is caught between thrilling private trysts and his repressive family in this thoughtful drama set in 1980s Brooklyn.
- DirectorBassam TariqStarsRiz AhmedAiysha HartAnjana VasanA British Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break.
- DirectorBastian GüntherStarsDouglas M. GriffinDavid M. WelchJoe ColeIn a small town in Texas, an annual endurance contest (Hands On) to win a pickup truck promises thrilling entertainment to spectators and the chance of a lifetime to participants, but ends in real tragedy.
- DirectorSrdan GolubovicStarsGoran BogdanBoris IsakovicNada SarginA Serbian man fights to regain custody of his children.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzThe touching portrait of eight-year-old Sasha, who questions her gender and in doing so, evokes the sometimes disturbing reactions of a society that is still invested in a biological boy-girl way of thinking.
- DirectorBettina BöhlerStarsSusanne BredehöftMargit CarstensenAlfred EdelBettina Böhler creates a memorial to the director Christoph Schlingensief on the 10th anniversary of his death, a portrait of the filmmaker's work and influence.
- DirectorUisenma BorchuStarsGunsmaa TsogzolUisenma BorchuFranz RogowskiAfter losing contact for years, two sisters reconnect. One was in Western Europe for a long time, while the other was travelling in the Gobi Desert. When the two meet, topics such as tradition, love, and recognition emerge.